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- Title
CONSIDERING THE PATIENTS` ADVANCE DIRECTIVE AS AN ASPECT OF THE ETHICAL NURSING CARE AT THE END OF HUMAN LIFE.
- Authors
Petrova, G.; Chamova, G.; Dimitrova, Sv.; Parashkevova, B.; Marinova, J.; Petrov, D.; Peeva, K.
- Abstract
PURPUSE: to reveal the opinion and attitude of the students in Health Care Management and Nursing undergraduate Bachelors programs concerning respect of the patients' autonomy by the means of advance directives in case of oncological disease in its terminal stage.METHODS:An inquiry is instituted in April-May 2010 in the Medical Faculty of Trakia University in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria with 52 students studying in Health Care Management and Nursing undergraduate Bachelors programs. RESULTS: The majority of investigated (76.9%) consider that, the respect of the free will is justifiable with the principle of respect of the autonomy. According to (57.7%) of the answers advance directives (AD) have to be optional in order not to deprive the right of choice. According to (35.5%) of the participants, the patient has to choose the person holding the document - the GP, the family, the oncologists. Having in mind the fact that AD reflect the free will of the patient and confirm the model of autonomy, the patient should initiate working out the document, helped by the clinical psychologist. CONCLUSIONS: This topic is a big challenge for the medical specialists and gets his way to improve their qualification in the domain of palliative care.
- Subjects
DO-not-resuscitate orders; PATIENT advocacy; ADVANCE directives (Medical care); NURSING; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Trakia Journal of Sciences, 2010, Vol 8, p486
- ISSN
1312-1723
- Publication type
Article